Responsible mining : case studies in managing social and environmental risks in the developed world
Mining Can Be Environmentally and Socially Responsible-and Still Profitable Even in this regulated, environmentally aware world, running a mine can be done safely, with combined goals of maximizing both the return on investment from extraction and the positive environmental and social impact that a...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Englewood, Colorado :
Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration (SME),
2015.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9780873353748 0873353749 9780873353731 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (806 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Managing Social, Economic, and Environmental Risks""; ""Chapter 1: The International Council on Mining and Metals: Sustainable Development Framework""; ""Chapter 2: The Global Reporting Initiative: Sustainability Reporting for the Mining and Metals Sector""; ""Chapter 3: Managing Business Sustainability in the Australian Mining Industry""; ""Chapter 4: The Mining Association of Canada�s Towards Sustainable Mining Program""; ""Part II: Stakeholder Engagement and Participation""
- ""Chapter 5: Indigenous Engagement in a Vocational Educational Training Program in Australia""""Chapter 6: Building Trust""; ""Chapter 7: Evaluating the Science of Environmental Assessments with Aboriginal Groups""; ""Part III: Biodiversity and Conservation Management""; ""Chapter 8: Joint Land Management Project in the Northern Yilgarn, Western Australia""; ""Chapter 9: Spider Conservation and Mining""; ""Chapter 10: Biodiversity Management and Mining in the San Bernardino Mountains""; ""Part IV: Climate Changes, Energy, and Greenhouse Gas Management""
- ""Chapter 11: Climate Change for Mine Planning""""Chapter 12: Molycorp�s Project Phoenix�Water and Reagent Recycling with Clean Power""; ""Chapter 13: Geothermal Energy Recovery from Closed Underground Mines""; ""Chapter 14: Optimal Mine Site Energy Supply""; ""Part V: Mine Water Management""; ""Chapter 15: Responsible Mine Water Management: Water and Mass Balance Modeling, and Creative Mine Water Management Solutions""; ""Chapter 16: Mine Water Treatment Techniques and the Application of Vacuum Membrane Distillation""
- ""Chapter 17: Integrating Pit Lakes into Water Basin Planning: The Meirama Brown Coal Mine""""Part VI: Tailings and Waste Rock""; ""Chapter 18: Responsible Tailings Disposal at Minnesota Taconite Mines""; ""Chapter 19: Responsible Management of Acid Mine Wastes: Geochemical and Microbiological Resources""; ""Part VII: Reclamation, Closure, and Land-Use Planning""; ""Chapter 20: Global Implications and Challenges of Evolving Mine Closure Requirements in Western Australia""; ""Chapter 21: Identifying Natural and Novel Ecosystem Goals for Rehabilitation of Postmining Landscapes""
- ""Chapter 22: After the Gold Rush: Developing Closure Criteria for a Mined Landscape""""Chapter 23: Best Practices for Forest Restoration When Reclaiming Surface Coal Mines""; ""Chapter 24: Responsible Land and Resource Management in Northeastern Minnesota""; ""Chapter 25: Adaptive Environmental Management Plans and Practices""; ""Part VIII: Crisis Management""; ""Chapter 26: Mine Disaster Crisis Management from the Operational and Legal Perspectives""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""